Australia should teach its people the elements of a civilised society.  I mean, the rule of law, periodic elections, government by majority subject to the protection of the rights of minorities, freedom of expression, freedom of religion subject to respect for the rights of others to practise their own religion or lack of it, submission of the military to civilian control, separation of church and state, equality of opportunity, care for the needy and dispossessed, sustainable development and so on.

It is disappointing that issues of "identity" such as the Aussie citizenship test, or the claims of some religions to transcend community values, are allowed to trump knowledge of such universal values which we in a democratic and civilised society should cherish above all.